saltaban
[sal̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]
The verdict
“saltaban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,539 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,539
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de saltar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-saltaban · saltaban · Spanish
saltaban · rank #52,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,539
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sanamente
Nearest frequency peer: sanamente (+2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “saltaban”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Rossini
Rossini
47,468 corpus weight
- rufianes
rufianes
47,466 corpus weight
- saboreando
saboreando
47,465 corpus weight
- saltaban
saltaban
47,462 corpus weight
- sanamente
sanamente
47,460 corpus weight
- sarracenos
sarracenos
47,459 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “saltaban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saltaban |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [sal̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “saltaban” en español
Rare enough to double-check
saltaban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,539 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [sal̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de saltar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for saltaban, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is saltaban, spelled S-A-L-T-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de saltar.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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